Certain stated times of the day, fixed by ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of prayer and devotion; also, certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to the hours from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (formerly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and after which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish church. via